The title of this writing may be seen as a bit cryptic or passe; however, it is among our favorite words in the English-American lexicon. It appears to evoke a stronger sense of moral rectitude than its synonym, “believability.” Even more dynamically virtuous is the word “veracity,” which furthers the beneficial concept to its ultimate utility in its ultimately meaningful synonym, “accuracy.”
The universal assumption and eternal reliance on truth and accuracy are inarguably among the most fundamentally seminal phenomena for the existence and duration of society; without such reliance, interactive communication, both mundane or existentially vital, would be meaningless. From the standpoint of moral responsibility, intentional mendacity is reprehensible; from an empirical consideration, it is ultimately futile.
Yet, the phenomenon of verbal perfidy seems to abide, anecdotally or systemically, in the human experience and constitutes a characterological blemish on the guilty persona. In the interest of charity, we can forgive the one-time prevaricator who fearfully dissembles in the course of an especially exigent occasion,
Our contextual concern thematically relates to the errant individuals manifesting the reprehensible trait of serial mendacity. Such individuals. would presumably seem to arrogate to themselves an intimate, private sense of superiority or situational dominance over those on whom they successfully practice their antisocial and unscrupulous deception.
It would seem to be the case that once one is publicly branded with the unscrupulous designation of “liar,” it endures, in analogous fashion to the non-eradicable blemish of ‘child molester,” or ‘alcoholic.”
The classical French essayist, Michel De Montaigne, in his essay #9, “On Liars,” wisely observes that “liars require a good memory.” []N.B., the latter pragmatically mandatory trait, notably lacking in the Nation’s present Chief Executive.]
-p.
plinyblogdotcom 